Plaque erosion is a predictable clinical entity and tailored management in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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Akira Sato. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep;10(Suppl 26):S3274-S3275.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.103.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.

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